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IOR/R/15/2/1658
- Record Id:
- 040-000229994
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000189
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026682286.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1658
- Title:
- File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf)
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville), travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1939.
The file contains programmes, arrangements for an official durbar to be held in November 1938, and for a visit to Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) oil fields and refinery in Bahrain.
The principal correspondents are: Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO); Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Naval Commander in Chief; the British Consulate at Bushire; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; the Residency Agent at Sharjah; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.
There are some documents in Arabic with English translation within the file, correspondence with the Ruler of Qatar.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229279
038-000229985
040-000229994 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1650-1662 : File 19: Tours
IOR/R/15/2/1658 : File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0019]/038-000229985[0009]/040-000229994
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (84 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000189
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 10 Aug 1938-13 Apr 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-74 and ff 75-84; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 19/3 IV
- Arrangement:
- The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 75-84. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a number in blue and red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)